Agile software development methods have become accepted as a template for organizations to create new products. Though generally viewed an aid productivity, there are number of barriers experiencing their full benefit. One such barrier pertains the implementation agile across range organizational levels from use tools culture, norms, and policies creating context within which projects performed...

Adopting a case study approach, this review of the public sector innovation literature examines workforce management innovations developed and implemented by state-level, transportation agencies across the U.S. to improve their operations. These innovations targeted the following workforce challenges which agencies besides those dedicated to transportation service provision at national, regiona...

Abstract This study aimed to assess clinical and environmental factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in prisoners. We carried out a documentary, retrospective, epidemiological of records cases prison hospital Northeastern Brazil. The sample consisted data from medical prisoners diagnosed TB January 2015 2016. Information such as age, race, marital status, education level, weight, heigh...

Little is known about how obesity relates to motor planning and skills during functional tasks. We collected 3-D kinematics and kinetics as normal weight (n=10) and overweight/obese (n=12) children walked on flat ground and as they crossed low, medium, and high obstacles. We investigated if motor planning and motor skill impairments were evident during obstacle crossing. Baseline conditions sho...

Despite the domination of entrepreneurship approach in individual, organizational and national levels and because of global environmental competition, industrial/manufacturing firms and corporations especially in the developing countries seem to be unable to follow up this approach in their own organizations. A relevant research in 130 Iranian industrial firms in 2000, examined the entrepreneur...

background and purpose: research in medical science, as in all other fields of science, is necessary in order to maintain and improve the public health. this is achievable only by researchers and faculty members. this study is attempt o identify intra-organizational factors that influence research planning and related interventions in tabriz medical university. methods: in this descriptive cros...